For most occasional teachers — also known as supply teachers by their students — he said every shift counts. She likened it to health-care workers moving between long-term care facilities, which were hot spots for coronavirus cases and deaths throughout Ontario. Paul Bocking, vice-president and chief negotiator of the occasional teachers bargaining unit with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, wants action from the board and province, saying supply teachers are in a "vulnerable position" from both a health and a financial standpoint. Dr. Anne Huang, a public health physician in Regina, said in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the research so far suggests the virus can linger for minutes to hours in the air. If you have symptoms of the illness caused by the coronavirus, here's what to do in your part of the country .

Source: CBC News August 17, 2020 21:00 UTC